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  • the present invention relates to optimization of a leaching agent injection technology in the mining of ionic rare earth ore, in particular to an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore.
  • Ionic rare earth ore is precious mineral resources existing on clay minerals through ion adsorption.
  • the rare earth ions can be exchanged by ions with more active chemical property in the electrolyte solution. This feature of ionic rare earth promotes the formation, development and improvement of an ionic rare earth leaching process.
  • the ionic rare earth ore is the strategic resource in China.
  • the extensive and predatory mining mode in the past is inadvisable and unsustainable, and the ionic rare earth ore extraction process should focus on two important objectives, i.e., high efficiency and environmental protection.
  • the processes of in-situ leaching for ionic rare earth ore and heap leaching for partial mines overlaid with construction projects are mostly implemented by experience.
  • injection in in-situ leaching is generally carried out according to the “three first” principle of “first top and then bottom”, “first thick and then thin” and “first liquid and then water”, and fail to make adjustment on the amount of a leaching agent according to the difference in ore volume per unit area of the ore body, often resulting in overuse of the leaching agent to cause excessive ammonia nitrogen in the ore soil of some zones of the whole ore body, and insufficient exploitation of rare earth resources in some other zones are caused due to the underuse of the leaching agent to result in resource loss.
  • the injection amount of the leaching agent is often increased, which increases the production cost on the one hand, and increases the residual amount of the leaching agent on the other hand, further aggravating environmental pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the injection process during ionic rare earth ore leaching, and propose an optimized process of zonal injection of an ionic rare earth ore leaching agent, so as to improve the recovery of the rare earth resources in ore bodies and alleviate environmental pollution.
  • the leaching process of the ionic rare earth ore is essentially an adsorption and desorption process.
  • the dosage of the leaching agent depends on the cation exchange capacity of the ore and the volume of the ore. For the same ore body, ore properties are believed to be similar, that is, cation exchange capacities are the same, so that the dosage of the leaching agent for this ore body is only related to the volume of the ore. Therefore, as long as the ore volume per unit area of the ore body is known, the dosage of the leaching agent and injection time can be obtained.
  • a research direction is provided for solving the problems of insufficient leaching and excessive leaching of the ionic rare earth ore, as well as reasonably controlling the dosage of the leaching agent, i.e., the dosage of the leaching agent in the mining process should be determined according to the actual situation of the ore volume per unit area of the ore body.
  • the present invention aims to provide an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore, so as to achieve the objectives of optimizing injection, increasing the leaching rate, reducing the dosage of a leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution in the mining of ionic rare earth ore.
  • an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore includes the following steps:
  • step 1 acquiring ore body data:
  • step 2 calculating ore volumes by units:
  • step 3 calculating leaching agent consumption ⁇ per unit ore volume:
  • step 4 calculating unit ore volume-based zoning range difference:
  • step 5 merging the units into injection zones:
  • step 6 carrying out injection:
  • the concentration of the leaching agent solutions is 10 ⁇ 30 g/L.
  • a pH value of the backwater is 4.5 ⁇ 5.
  • the estimated leaching rate for the project is 85 ⁇ 95%.
  • the rare earth concentration with no recovery value in the mother liquid is less than or equal to 0.1 g/L.
  • the current mining situation of “extensive” mining and excessive leaching by the “one method fitting all” approach which does not take into account the zonal features of the ore body can be changed, and the unscientific injection mode characterized by “first top and then bottom” and “experience dependence” is also changed.
  • the dosage of the leaching agent can be dynamically controlled according to the ore volumes in different zones of the same ore body, thereby not only reducing the consumption of raw and auxiliary materials and increasing the leaching rate (3.57% in the embodiment), but also controlling the usage of the leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution, and further providing reliable basis for digitalized mines.
  • FIG. 1 is a contour map of an ore body I in a rare earth mining zone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a trend chart of leaching agent consumption and a leaching rate per unit ore volume in a column leaching test according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the ore volume that can be processed per unit time is determined according to leaching agent consumption per unit ore obtained from a laboratory test, in combination with leaching agent concentration and the injection strength of an ore body, which is taken as an ore volume-based zoning range difference.
  • the ore body is divided into a plurality of units, and the units with similar ore volumes are merged into a plurality of injection zones on the basis of the ore volume-based zoning range difference, so that simultaneous injection is realized for the same injection zone, and injection is separately carried out for different injection zones according to the ore volumes, thus achieving the objectives of optimizing injection, increasing the leaching rate, reducing the dosage of the leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution in ionic rare earth ore mining.
  • step 1 acquiring ore body data:
  • FIG. 1 testing the topography of an ore body I to obtain a topographic contour map of the ore body, and carrying out prospecting on zones numbered Z 002 , Z 003 , Z 202 , Z 203 , Z 204 , Z 205 , Z 101 and Z 602 in FIG. 1 to obtain coordinates and grade distribution, wherein a saturation permeability coefficient of the ore body was 0.5 m/d, a pore ratio of the ore body is 0.79, and a cation exchange capacity of ore was 6.72 cmol/kg;
  • step 2 calculating ore volumes by units:
  • step 3 calculating leaching agent consumption ⁇ per unit ore volume:
  • step 4 calculating unit ore volume-based zoning range difference:
  • step 5 merging the units into injection zones:
  • step 6 carrying out injection:
  • the leaching agent consumption per unit ore volume was 5 kg/m 3
  • an ammonium sulfate solution with a concentration of 20 g/L was adopted for injection
  • the current method of sequential injection from top to bottom was adopted
  • the leaching rate of the ore body III was 85.24% through statistics
  • the leaching rate was 88.81% through statistics, 3.57% higher than the prior art under the same unit consumption of the leaching agent.

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Abstract

An ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth includes six steps of ore body data acquisition; ore volume calculation by units; calculation of leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume; calculation of unit ore volume-based zoning range difference; merging of the units into injection zones; and injection.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 201910559667.8, filed on Jun. 26, 2019. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
FIELD
The present invention relates to optimization of a leaching agent injection technology in the mining of ionic rare earth ore, in particular to an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore.
BACKGROUND
Ionic rare earth ore is precious mineral resources existing on clay minerals through ion adsorption. When clay minerals adsorbed with rare earth ions encounter an electrolyte solution, the rare earth ions can be exchanged by ions with more active chemical property in the electrolyte solution. This feature of ionic rare earth promotes the formation, development and improvement of an ionic rare earth leaching process. The contradiction between increasing demand for rare earths and decreasing reserves of resources, as well as the requirement for a balance between resource acquisition and environmental protection, forces the continuous development of the ionic rare earth mining technology.
The ionic rare earth ore is the strategic resource in China. The extensive and predatory mining mode in the past is inadvisable and unsustainable, and the ionic rare earth ore extraction process should focus on two important objectives, i.e., high efficiency and environmental protection. At present, the processes of in-situ leaching for ionic rare earth ore and heap leaching for partial mines overlaid with construction projects are mostly implemented by experience. For example, injection in in-situ leaching is generally carried out according to the “three first” principle of “first top and then bottom”, “first thick and then thin” and “first liquid and then water”, and fail to make adjustment on the amount of a leaching agent according to the difference in ore volume per unit area of the ore body, often resulting in overuse of the leaching agent to cause excessive ammonia nitrogen in the ore soil of some zones of the whole ore body, and insufficient exploitation of rare earth resources in some other zones are caused due to the underuse of the leaching agent to result in resource loss. In order to increase the leaching rate of resources, the injection amount of the leaching agent is often increased, which increases the production cost on the one hand, and increases the residual amount of the leaching agent on the other hand, further aggravating environmental pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the injection process during ionic rare earth ore leaching, and propose an optimized process of zonal injection of an ionic rare earth ore leaching agent, so as to improve the recovery of the rare earth resources in ore bodies and alleviate environmental pollution.
The leaching process of the ionic rare earth ore is essentially an adsorption and desorption process. The dosage of the leaching agent depends on the cation exchange capacity of the ore and the volume of the ore. For the same ore body, ore properties are believed to be similar, that is, cation exchange capacities are the same, so that the dosage of the leaching agent for this ore body is only related to the volume of the ore. Therefore, as long as the ore volume per unit area of the ore body is known, the dosage of the leaching agent and injection time can be obtained. Therefore, a research direction is provided for solving the problems of insufficient leaching and excessive leaching of the ionic rare earth ore, as well as reasonably controlling the dosage of the leaching agent, i.e., the dosage of the leaching agent in the mining process should be determined according to the actual situation of the ore volume per unit area of the ore body.
SUMMARY
The present invention aims to provide an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore, so as to achieve the objectives of optimizing injection, increasing the leaching rate, reducing the dosage of a leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution in the mining of ionic rare earth ore.
According to the technical solution of the present invention, an ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore includes the following steps:
step 1, acquiring ore body data:
testing the topography of an ore body, and carrying out prospecting on the ore body to obtain coordinates of prospecting holes and grade distribution, and testing a saturation permeability coefficient K of the ore body, a pore ratio e of the ore body and a cation exchange capacity CEC of ore;
step 2, calculating ore volumes by units:
dividing a mining zone into several units with a unit area of 1 m×1 m˜20 m×20 m, and calculating ore volumes and actual coordinate values of the units respectively;
step 3, calculating leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume:
using the ore on site to prepare ore samples, carrying out a column leaching test, preparing ore pillars with five 10 kg ore samples according to the pore ratio e, preparing leaching agent solutions according to the leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume: 3 kg/m3, 4 kg/m3, 5 kg/m3, 6 kg/m3 and 7 kg/m3 respectively, then carrying out injection, continuing to inject backwater after leaching agent injection, collecting a mother liquid every other 50 ml, testing rare earth concentration, calculating leaching rates of the five ore pillars, making a trend curve of the leaching rate and the leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume, selecting an estimated leaching rate for a project, and obtaining the leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume under the estimated leaching rate;
step 4, calculating unit ore volume-based zoning range difference:
calculating injection strength Q according to the saturation permeability coefficient K of the ore body and a formula (1), wherein a is a coefficient which is 0.2˜0.8; and calculating a unit ore volume-based zoning range difference ΔV according to a formula (2), wherein C is leaching agent concentration, γ is leaching agent consumption per unit ore volume, and S is an unit area;
Q = a * ⁢ K ( 1 ) Δ ⁢ ⁢ V = Q * ⁢ C γ * S ; ( 2 )
step 5, merging the units into injection zones:
dividing injection zones i−[Vmax−i*ΔV, Vmax−(i−1)*ΔV] by taking a maximum ore volume Vmax in the units as a starting point and ΔV as the unit ore volume-based zoning range difference, wherein i is a zone number which is a natural number 1, 2, 3, . . . ; and merging the units into the injection zones according to the ore volumes; and
step 6, carrying out injection:
based on the injection zones divided in the step 5, sequentially opening an injection hole in each zone for injection according to the leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume, the leaching agent concentration C and the injection strength Q, injecting backwater after injection of the leaching agent solutions, and ending injection when the rare earth concentration in the mother liquid indicates no recovery value.
The concentration of the leaching agent solutions is 10˜30 g/L.
A pH value of the backwater is 4.5˜5.
The estimated leaching rate for the project is 85˜95%.
The rare earth concentration with no recovery value in the mother liquid is less than or equal to 0.1 g/L.
By means of the method, the current mining situation of “extensive” mining and excessive leaching by the “one method fitting all” approach which does not take into account the zonal features of the ore body can be changed, and the unscientific injection mode characterized by “first top and then bottom” and “experience dependence” is also changed. The dosage of the leaching agent can be dynamically controlled according to the ore volumes in different zones of the same ore body, thereby not only reducing the consumption of raw and auxiliary materials and increasing the leaching rate (3.57% in the embodiment), but also controlling the usage of the leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution, and further providing reliable basis for digitalized mines.
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FIG. 1 is a contour map of an ore body I in a rare earth mining zone according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 2 is a trend chart of leaching agent consumption and a leaching rate per unit ore volume in a column leaching test according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In the present invention, on the premise that a zone with a large ore volume needs a larger amount of leaching agent and a zone with a small ore volume needs a smaller amount of leaching agent, the ore volume that can be processed per unit time is determined according to leaching agent consumption per unit ore obtained from a laboratory test, in combination with leaching agent concentration and the injection strength of an ore body, which is taken as an ore volume-based zoning range difference. According to crude ore prospecting results, the ore body is divided into a plurality of units, and the units with similar ore volumes are merged into a plurality of injection zones on the basis of the ore volume-based zoning range difference, so that simultaneous injection is realized for the same injection zone, and injection is separately carried out for different injection zones according to the ore volumes, thus achieving the objectives of optimizing injection, increasing the leaching rate, reducing the dosage of the leaching agent and alleviating environmental pollution in ionic rare earth ore mining.
An undisclosed experiment is carried out in a rare earth mining zone by means of the method of the present invention, and the specific steps of the embodiment are as follows:
step 1, acquiring ore body data:
as shown in FIG. 1, testing the topography of an ore body I to obtain a topographic contour map of the ore body, and carrying out prospecting on zones numbered Z002, Z003, Z202, Z203, Z204, Z205, Z101 and Z602 in FIG. 1 to obtain coordinates and grade distribution, wherein a saturation permeability coefficient of the ore body was 0.5 m/d, a pore ratio of the ore body is 0.79, and a cation exchange capacity of ore was 6.72 cmol/kg;
step 2, calculating ore volumes by units:
dividing the ore body into several units with a unit area of 5 m×5 m, and calculating ore volumes and actual coordinate values of the units respectively, shown in Table 1;
step 3, calculating leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume:
using the ore on site to prepare ore samples with a cation exchange capacity of 6.72 cmol/kg, carrying out a column leaching test, preparing ore pillars with five 10 kg ore samples according to the pore ratio of 0.79, preparing ammonium sulfate leaching agent solutions with concentration of 20 g/L according to the leaching agent consumption γ per unit ore volume (3 kg/m3, 4 kg/m3, 5 kg/m3, 6 kg/m3 and 7 kg/m3) respectively, then carrying out injection, injecting backwater with a pH value of 5 after leaching agent injection, collecting a mother liquid every other 50 ml, testing rare earth concentration, calculating leaching rates of the five ore pillars to be 55.11%, 76.03%, 86.45%, 89.94% and 91.11% respectively, and making a trend curve of the leaching rate and unit consumption, shown in FIG. 2, wherein an estimated leaching rate for a project was 85%, and the leaching agent consumption per unit ore volume under the leaching rate was 5 kg/m3;
step 4, calculating unit ore volume-based zoning range difference:
calculating injection strength Q to be 0.2 m/d according to a formula (1) when the saturation permeability coefficient K of the ore body was 0.5 m/d and a was 0.4, and calculating the unit ore volume-based zoning range difference ΔV to be 20 m3 per piece according to a formula (2) when leaching agent injection concentration C was 20 g/L, the unit consumption γ of the leaching agent was 5 kg/m3, and a unit area S was 25 m2 per piece;
step 5, merging the units into injection zones:
dividing injection zones by taking a unit numbered 25 as a starting point, the unit ore volume as 479.2884 m3 per piece, and the unit ore volume-based zoning range difference as 20 m3 per piece, and merging the units into different injection zones, shown in Table 2; and
step 6, carrying out injection:
based on the injection zones divided in the step 5, newly opening injection holes for injection according to the leaching agent consumption being 5 kg/m3 per unit ore volume, the leaching agent ammonium sulfate solution concentration being 20 g/L and the injection strength being 0.2 m/d, and injecting backwater with a pH value of 5 after injection of the leaching agent ammonium sulfate solutions, and ending injection when the rare earth concentration in the mother liquid reached 0.1 g/L, wherein based on statistics of the mother liquid concentration, the leaching rate of the ore body I was 88.81%.
Comparison result: for an ore body III in the same mining zone, the leaching agent consumption per unit ore volume was 5 kg/m3, an ammonium sulfate solution with a concentration of 20 g/L was adopted for injection, the current method of sequential injection from top to bottom was adopted, and the leaching rate of the ore body III was 85.24% through statistics; and for the ore body I adopting the injection method of the present invention, the leaching rate was 88.81% through statistics, 3.57% higher than the prior art under the same unit consumption of the leaching agent.
TABLE 1
unit distribution of ore body I (X is longitude and Y is latitude)
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Unit soil volume
number range (m3) X Y
1 298.8624 2979943.525 40402012.03
2 342.1873 2979943.525 40402017.03
3 375.9365 2979943.525 40402022.03
4 370.6516 2979948.525 40402017.03
5 413.0932 2979948.525 40402022.03
6 433.6393 2979948.525 40402027.03
7 429.8008 2979948.525 40402032.03
8 414.0984 2979948.525 40402037.03
9 394.0934 2979948.525 40402042.03
10 372.0746 2979948.525 40402047.03
11 348.3969 2979948.525 40402052.03
12 266.1488 2979948.525 40402067.03
13 450.4535 2979953.525 40402022.03
14 474.7395 2979953.525 40402027.03
15 455.795 2979953.525 40402032.03
16 432.7676 2979953.525 40402037.03
17 410.2253 2979953.525 40402042.03
18 388.0689 2979953.525 40402047.03
19 365.5453 2979953.525 40402052.03
20 341.8309 2979953.525 40402057.03
21 316.6467 2979953.525 40402062.03
22 291.4054 2979953.525 40402067.03
23 270.1 2979953.525 40402072.03
24 454.2915 2979958.525 40402022.03
25 479.2884 2979958.525 40402027.03
26 459.2624 2979958.525 40402032.03
27 437.6038 2979958.525 40402037.03
28 417.5841 2979958.525 40402042.03
29 398.7609 2979958.525 40402047.03
30 380.1464 2979958.525 40402052.03
31 360.5099 2979958.525 40402057.03
32 338.9326 2979958.525 40402062.03
33 316.0877 2979958.525 40402067.03
34 294.4996 2979958.525 40402072.03
35 439.5219 2979963.525 40402027.03
36 437.9601 2979963.525 40402032.03
37 427.3322 2979963.525 40402037.03
38 415.0152 2979963.525 40402042.03
39 402.8655 2979963.525 40402047.03
40 390.7679 2979963.525 40402052.03
41 377.3647 2979963.525 40402057.03
42 360.1659 2979963.525 40402062.03
43 338.4967 2979963.525 40402067.03
44 315.6598 2979963.525 40402072.03
45 398.1815 2979968.525 40402027.03
46 406.3388 2979968.525 40402032.03
47 406.8038 2979968.525 40402037.03
48 403.9619 2979968.525 40402042.03
49 400.1077 2979968.525 40402047.03
50 396.0596 2979968.525 40402052.03
51 391.2047 2979968.525 40402057.03
52 380.0328 2979968.525 40402062.03
53 357.3335 2979968.525 40402067.03
54 337.6113 2979973.525 40402022.03
55 357.5758 2979973.525 40402027.03
56 371.7849 2979973.525 40402032.03
57 381.008 2979973.525 40402037.03
58 386.9006 2979973.525 40402042.03
59 390.8835 2979973.525 40402047.03
60 393.9819 2979973.525 40402052.03
61 397.0048 2979973.525 40402057.03
62 395.5674 2979973.525 40402062.03
63 368.1226 2979973.525 40402067.03
64 297.0282 2979978.525 40402022.03
65 317.614 2979978.525 40402027.03
66 336.7833 2979978.525 40402032.03
67 353.2177 2979978.525 40402037.03
68 366.4766 2979978.525 40402042.03
69 376.7018 2979978.525 40402047.03
70 384.1155 2979978.525 40402052.03
71 388.0078 2979978.525 40402057.03
72 383.499 2979978.525 40402062.03
73 366.6055 2979978.525 40402067.03
74 302.9008 2979983.525 40402032.03
75 326.0722 2979983.525 40402037.03
76 345.6347 2979983.525 40402042.03
77 360.6417 2979983.525 40402047.03
78 370.6443 2979983.525 40402052.03
79 374.7443 2979983.525 40402057.03
80 371.1602 2979983.525 40402062.03
81 272.3888 2979988.525 40402032.03
82 302.5468 2979988.525 40402037.03
83 327.6461 2979988.525 40402042.03
84 346.338 2979988.525 40402047.03
85 358.1995 2979988.525 40402052.03
86 363.0361 2979988.525 40402057.03
87 360.7471 2979988.525 40402062.03
88 286.3325 2979993.525 40402037.03
89 315.8013 2979993.525 40402042.03
90 336.8788 2979993.525 40402047.03
91 349.6051 2979993.525 40402052.03
92 354.6677 2979993.525 40402057.03
93 352.9665 2979993.525 40402062.03
94 345.608 2979993.525 40402067.03
95 334.0072 2979993.525 40402072.03
96 281.1508 2979998.525 40402037.03
97 312.8061 2979998.525 40402042.03
98 334.3856 2979998.525 40402047.03
99 346.2766 2979998.525 40402052.03
100 350.2998 2979998.525 40402057.03
101 348.1144 2979998.525 40402062.03
102 341.015 2979998.525 40402067.03
103 330.2232 2979998.525 40402072.03
104 316.9331 2979998.525 40402077.03
105 302.1875 2979998.525 40402082.03
106 288.3336 2980003.525 40402037.03
107 319.8525 2980003.525 40402042.03
108 339.7021 2980003.525 40402047.03
109 348.2455 2980003.525 40402052.03
110 349.6974 2980003.525 40402057.03
111 346.019 2980003.525 40402062.03
112 338.2898 2980003.525 40402067.03
113 327.4922 2980003.525 40402072.03
114 314.6117 2980003.525 40402077.03
115 300.5343 2980003.525 40402082.03
116 285.9142 2980003.525 40402087.03
117 271.1607 2980008.525 40402032.03
118 304.4619 2980008.525 40402037.03
119 334.8474 2980008.525 40402042.03
120 350.8997 2980008.525 40402047.03
121 353.5225 2980008.525 40402052.03
122 351.7682 2980008.525 40402057.03
123 346.1436 2980008.525 40402062.03
124 337.2492 2980008.525 40402067.03
125 325.8597 2980008.525 40402072.03
126 312.8748 2980008.525 40402077.03
127 299.1517 2980008.525 40402082.03
128 285.2585 2980008.525 40402087.03
129 271.392 2980008.525 40402092.03
130 242.6298 2980013.525 40402017.03
131 253.9952 2980013.525 40402022.03
132 273.481 2980013.525 40402027.03
133 298.0996 2980013.525 40402032.03
134 323.648 2980013.525 40402037.03
135 345.982 2980013.525 40402042.03
136 357.8306 2980013.525 40402047.03
137 359.1088 2980013.525 40402052.03
138 355.3382 2980013.525 40402057.03
139 347.9646 2980013.525 40402062.03
140 337.6921 2980013.525 40402067.03
141 325.2844 2980013.525 40402072.03
142 311.7298 2980013.525 40402077.03
143 298.1045 2980013.525 40402082.03
144 284.9846 2980013.525 40402087.03
145 273.3439 2980018.525 40402012.03
146 280.7642 2980018.525 40402017.03
147 292.5993 2980018.525 40402022.03
148 308.5567 2980018.525 40402027.03
149 326.7559 2980018.525 40402032.03
150 344.4149 2980018.525 40402037.03
151 358.345 2980018.525 40402042.03
152 365.4762 2980018.525 40402047.03
153 365.4539 2980018.525 40402052.03
154 360.243 2980018.525 40402057.03
155 351.3422 2980018.525 40402062.03
156 339.6282 2980018.525 40402067.03
157 325.8631 2980018.525 40402072.03
158 311.1611 2980018.525 40402077.03
159 297.3545 2980018.525 40402082.03
160 294.1516 2980023.525 40402002.03
161 299.9792 2980023.525 40402007.03
162 307.7152 2980023.525 40402012.03
163 317.7448 2980023.525 40402017.03
164 329.9263 2980023.525 40402022.03
165 343.3248 2980023.525 40402027.03
166 356.3781 2980023.525 40402032.03
167 367.3374 2980023.525 40402037.03
168 374.5496 2980023.525 40402042.03
169 376.8074 2980023.525 40402047.03
170 373.9776 2980023.525 40402052.03
171 366.8699 2980023.525 40402057.03
172 356.421 2980023.525 40402062.03
173 343.3345 2980023.525 40402067.03
174 328.1527 2980023.525 40402072.03
175 311.563 2980023.525 40402077.03
176 320.6708 2980028.525 40402002.03
177 329.8844 2980028.525 40402007.03
178 340.8594 2980028.525 40402012.03
179 353.3291 2980028.525 40402017.03
180 366.2862 2980028.525 40402022.03
181 378.0212 2980028.525 40402027.03
182 386.8743 2980028.525 40402032.03
183 392.0225 2980028.525 40402037.03
184 393.3025 2980028.525 40402042.03
185 390.7419 2980028.525 40402047.03
186 384.5559 2980028.525 40402052.03
187 375.1999 2980028.525 40402057.03
188 363.213 2980028.525 40402062.03
189 349.0743 2980028.525 40402067.03
190 357.8388 2980033.525 40402007.03
191 371.8054 2980033.525 40402012.03
192 387.0144 2980033.525 40402017.03
193 401.7421 2980033.525 40402022.03
194 412.9265 2980033.525 40402027.03
195 418.0261 2980033.525 40402032.03
196 417.459 2980033.525 40402037.03
197 413.0142 2980033.525 40402042.03
198 405.7912 2980033.525 40402047.03
199 396.2461 2980033.525 40402052.03
200 384.657 2980033.525 40402057.03
201 371.3116 2980033.525 40402062.03
202 417.4685 2980038.525 40402017.03
203 435.6025 2980038.525 40402022.03
204 448.2226 2980038.525 40402027.03
205 449.0366 2980038.525 40402032.03
206 441.8067 2980038.525 40402037.03
207 431.6938 2980038.525 40402042.03
208 420.2695 2980038.525 40402047.03
Total 74185.81
TABLE 2
injection time and zoning of ore body I
Unit ore
Time soil volume
(d) range (m3) Unit number
1 460-480 14, 25
2 440-460 13, 15, 24, 26, 204, 205, 206
3 420-440 6, 7, 16, 27, 35, 36, 37, 203, 207, 208
4 400-420 5, 8, 17, 28, 38, 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 193, 194, 195,
196, 197, 198, 202
5 380-400 9, 18, 29, 30, 40, 45, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,
62, 70, 71, 72, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 192, 199,
200
6 360-380 3, 4, 10, 19, 31, 41, 42, 56, 63, 68, 69, 73, 77, 78,
79, 80, 86, 87, 152, 153, 154, 167, 168, 169, 170,
171, 180, 181, 187, 188, 191, 201
7 340-360 2, 11, 20, 53, 55, 67, 76, 84, 85, 91, 92, 93, 94, 99,
100, 101, 102, 109, 110, 111, 120, 121, 122, 123,
135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 150, 151, 155, 165, 166,
172, 173, 178, 179, 189, 190
8 320-340 32, 43, 54, 66, 75, 83, 90, 95, 98, 103, 108, 112,
113, 119, 124, 125, 134, 140, 141, 149, 156, 157,
164, 174, 176, 177
9 300-320 21, 33, 44, 65, 74, 82, 89, 97, 104, 105, 107,
114, 115, 118, 126, 142, 148, 158, 162, 163, 175
10 280-300 1, 22, 34, 64, 88, 96, 106, 116, 127, 128, 133,
143, 144, 146, 147, 159, 160, 161
11 260-280 12, 23, 81, 117, 129, 132, 145
12 240-260 130, 131

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What is claimed is:
1. An ore volume-based zonal injection method for ionic rare earth ore, comprising the following steps:
step 1, acquiring an ore body data:
testing a topography of an ore body, and carrying out prospecting on the ore body to obtain coordinates of prospecting holes and grade distribution, and testing a saturation permeability coefficient K of the ore body, a pore ratio e of the ore body and a cation exchange capacity of the ore body;
step 2, calculating ore volumes by units for obtaining a unit per volume:
dividing different mining zones of the ore body into the units, wherein each unit of the units has a unit area with a value in a range of 1 to 400 (meter2), and calculating the unit per volume and actual coordinate values of the units respectively;
step 3, calculating leaching agent consumption γ per the unit ore volume:
using the ore on site to prepare ore samples, carrying out a column leaching test, preparing ore pillars with five 10 kg ore samples according to the pore ratio e, preparing leaching agent solutions according to the leaching agent consumptions γ per the unit ore volume: 3 kg/m3, 4 kg/m3, 5 kg/m3, 6 kg/m3 and 7 kg/m3 respectively, then carrying out injection, injecting backwater after leaching agent injection, collecting a mother liquid every other 50 ml from the ore samples with the leaching agent injection and the backwater injection, testing rare earth concentration, calculating leaching rates of the five ore pillars, making a trend curve of the leaching rates and the leaching agent consumption γ per the unit ore volume, selecting an estimated leaching rate, and obtaining the leaching agent consumption γ per the unit ore volume under the estimated leaching rate;
step 4, calculating a unit ore volume-based zoning range difference:
calculating injection strength Q on the basis of the saturation permeability coefficient K of the ore body according to a formula (1), wherein a in the formula (1) is a coefficient with a value which is in a range of 0.2 to 0.8 ; and
calculating the unit ore volume-based zoning range difference ΔV according to a formula (2), wherein C is a leaching agent concentration, γ is a leaching agent consumption per the unit ore volume, and S is the unit area;
Q = a * ⁢ K ( 1 ) Δ ⁢ ⁢ V = Q * ⁢ C γ * S ; ( 2 )
step 5, merging the units into injection zones:
dividing injection zones i−[Vmax−i*ΔV, Vmax−(i−1)*ΔV] by taking a maximum ore volume Vmax in the units as a starting point and ΔV as the unit ore volume-based zoning range difference, wherein i is a zone number which is a natural number 1, 2, 3, . . . , and merging the units into the injection zones according to the ore volumes; and
step 6, carrying out injection of the leaching agent solutions with a dosage:
based on the injection zones divided in the step 5, sequentially opening an injection hole in each zone for injection according to the leaching agent consumption γ per the unit ore volume, the leaching agent concentration C and the injection strength Q, injecting backwater after injection of the leaching agent solutions, and ending injection when the rare earth concentration in the mother liquid indicates no recovery value, wherein the dosage of the leaching agent solutions is controlled according to the ore volumes in the different mining zones of the ore body.
2. The ore volume-based zonal injection method for the ionic rare earth ore according to claim 1, wherein the concentration of the leaching agent solution has a value in a range of 10 to 30 (gram/liter).
3. The ore volume-based zonal injection method for the ionic rare earth ore according to claim 1, wherein a pH value of the backwater has a value in a range of 4.5 to 5.
4. The ore volume-based zonal injection method for the ionic rare earth ore according to claim 1, wherein the estimated leaching rate for the project has a value in a range of 85% to 95%.
5. The ore volume-based zonal injection method for the ionic rare earth ore according to claim 1, wherein the rare earth concentration with no recovery value in the mother liquid is less than or equal to 0.1 g/L.
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